613.Are you considered disabled if you are receiving treatment
for an impairment?

If you are an adult age 18 or older and your impairment requires
a prescribed treatment that is expected to restore your ability to
work, you may or may not be found disabled. You may be found disabled
if, despite treatment, your impairment or combination of impairments
meets the severity requirement and is expected to last 12 months.
You must follow treatment prescribed by your treating source if this
treatment can restore your ability to work. If you do not follow
this prescribed treatment without a good reason, you will not be
found to be disabled. You are not considered disabled if you refuse
treatment without justification. If, despite treatment, your impairment(s)
remain(s) sufficiently severe, you may be found disabled.

If you are a child under the age of 18 and your impairment
requires a prescribed treatment that is expected to improve your
condition so that it no longer results in marked and severe functional
limitations, you may or may not be found disabled. You may be found
disabled if, despite treatment, your impairment or combination of
impairments meets the severity requirement and is expected to last
12 months. However, the treatment must be clearly expected to restore
your ability to engage in age-appropriate activities like other children
your age without impairments. In addition, we do not consider you
to be fully responsible for failing to follow prescribed treatment.
If the person who receives SSI payments for you is not willing to
assure that your prescribed treatment will be followed, we will consider
finding a new person to receive your payments, or we will refer your
case to an appropriate social agency for assistance.

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